Outdoor equipment - what should I get?

If I could count the nights I’ve slept in down bags it’d probably make up a couple of years of my life. And very often sleeping in black icebreaker thermals. It has never happened to me.

plenty of ‘ducks’… qwarrrrkkk

dammit, must be mine then, I’m wearing an icebreaker merino too…

When a boy starts growing up, your body starts to change in mysterious ways… Nothing to be ashamed about, Roland; you’re becoming a man! We’re all here to help you through this :slight_smile:

why does it hurt when I pee uncle Harry?

Aaah the ol’ feather-dick…

A goose is trying to avenge the death of his many friends who’s remains keep you warm but he doesn’t have it in him to go through with the deed. Instead he ponders over your sleeping corpse trying to pace up the courage.

Sounds like a shitty bag

hey, can those with more camping experience tell me, what’s the trick to preventing gas bottles from icing up & having inconsistent flow?

I seem to recall there’s a trick to using them at altitude etc that stops this…?

thanks.

you gotta put it in a ring of daisies, to appease the gas bottle deities.

daisies, got it.

what else??

Keep it warm. Shake/roll the bottle and keep it insulated.

light a smallish wood fire and place the bottle in the middle. the heat and flames should keep it ice-free. :smiley:

yeah I tried that using my knee brace!! the hole for the kneecap is perfect for the bottle/stove connection. it helped, but the bottle still iced up…

Then take it out of the fire and start shaking it near your face?

I just put it somewhere in my sleeping bag to keep it toasty over night. You could put it between your shitty and good sleeping bags.

Put a sock on it.

If you have a remote hose to the bottle, turn the canister upside down, this is also good for getting the last of the gas out of larger bottle. Y’know cos its a liquid inside.

warm the cannister in a pot of warm water, oh wait.

Hair dryer mike?

yep, been doin all those things, guess I’ll just keep trying different ways to keep it warm.

oh, and mikeD, you shoulda seen how empty my last canister was, oh boy, I sure got my money’s worth outta that one!!